The Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith is coming under attack from his department, from ex-military (all men), from various commentators and from the federal Opposition – all because of his principled stand in defence of a female cadet at the Australian Defence Force Academy who was sexually abused. It is a shocking spectacle. Read my [...]
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ARTICLES, SPEECHES, NEWSMy latest article in The Monthly looks at women already fighting on the front line. Read article On his elegant memoir the former British prime minister Tony Blair describes his reaction when he walked into 10 Downing Street for the first time: “My predominant reaction was fear…” If Blair felt this way, after a landslide victory,imagine what must have been going through Julia Gillard’s mind the night she failed to secure an outright [...] |
 
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